Posted on 07/24/2014 8:32:30 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Trademark infringment involving a gov't entity? The Garden State Pkwy, though built in the 50's mostly with bonds and financed through tolls, today it's largely maintained with NJ state, and to an extent, federal taxes. I would think Gov Christie has more pressing issues to be concerned with.
Now you know why Kentucky Bourbon is now Bluegress Bourbon, why Kentucky Fried Chicken is now KFC, and why the Kentucky Derby is now the Run for the Roses.
No proof one inspired the other; no chance of confusion of association; significant differences. No case.
Jersey, England should sue New Jersey...
Road pizza.
>> The New Jersey Turnpike Authority wants
Wants, wants, wants... there’s no limit to the bureaucrats’ appetite.
You remember when all the subways in America sued Subway, right? Because travel on an underground train is SOOOOOOOOOOOO fundamentally similar to eating a sandwich. Idiots.
Reminds me of Quaker Steak and Lube. I don’t believe Quaker State ever went after them.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_Steak_and_Lube
They have a case under the concept of dilution of a unique trademark.
wow they should hold the presser in downtown camden. with bullet proof vests. why don’t ya fix that.
Oh plz.
What harm is the state done..
‘less a pizza delivery is late.. or??
the dough doesn’t rise..
Looks like they’re both based on the big zero that Obama uses as his logo...
Not buying it. If anything, the sign is reinforcing the association of those colors and the map with New Jersey. Depriciation is a key concept of dilution. And the trademark dilution revision act requires the trademark to be outstanding to the public as a whole: in this case, the pizza is plainly being marketed to former residents of the NY-NJ area; good luck trying to prove that someone from Arizona or Montana or Michgan could tell the NJT from the GSP, let alone identify the colors and logo. The GSP isn’t even used by interstate travelers.
it does depend on the way the trademark was described when they filed. i think the state screwed up on the trademark filing. and they are a bunch of a$$holes for sueing a hoagie shop in CA. i see no tm on the logo. first clue it is a bogus lawsuit from my beach passage state.
I grew up in Kentucky but have not lived there since 1988. I’ve never heard Kentucky bourbon (as in bourbon made in Kentucky)ever called Bluegrass Bourbon. The latter sounds more like a brand name than does Kentucky bourbon which I’ve always taken to mean bourbon made in one of several distilleries in Kentucky.
Was there a lawsuit on this? If so, when? Who were the parties involved?
Thanks for your reply.
Since Kentucky backed off (And probably negotiated a clause preventing KFC from causing ridicule of the state and its liberal governor), that’s been KFC’s line. But the change was made before KFC introduced grilled chicken, but right after Kentucky started suing people for using its name, so I’m not buying it one bit.
By the way, KFC didn’t explain the name change until fans of Popeye’s started spreading the rumor that KFC no longer uses real chicken.
Shades of the Chicago Transit Authority
Government entities at all levels should be forbidden to hold patents, registered trademarks, or any other form of intellectual copyright. The worthless slugs can’t even properly manage governmental affairs but they need to protect their precious logos which amount to medieval coats of arms of nobility.
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